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Health and Safety management System
Wrexham County Borough Council · Local authority
In brief
Wrexham County Borough Council has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.
The estimated value is £50,000 excluding VAT.
The contract runs for 3 years, starting 1 December 2026.
The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.
Can I win this?
Competition
Typical: a median of 4.5 bids per contract for this buyer (from 36 awards in the last 12 months).
What the notice says
Response to clarification; Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC? A- For full access I would say no more than 20 people. However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff. Response to clarification; Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC? A- For full access I would say no more than 20 people. However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff. Response to clarificaition; Q-…Read the full description
Response to clarification;
Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC?
A- For full access I would say no more than 20 people.
However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff.
Response to clarification;
Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC?
A- For full access I would say no more than 20 people.
However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff.
Response to clarificaition;
Q- how many people would you want to have full access to a system to manage all H&S Incidents within WCBC?
A- For full access no more than 20 people.
However, we would need thousands of people to be able to enter an accident on the system as it needs to be accessible to every member of staff.
Prior Information Notice (PIN) – Health and Safety Management System
Wrexham County Borough Council (WCBC) is seeking to engage with the market to better understand the solutions available for the provision of a Health and Safety Management System.
The Council is considering the future procurement of a system to support its Health and Safety Officers and managers in the management, recording, investigation and reporting of Health and Safety-related incidents across the organisation.
Suppliers are invited to express their interest and provide information on solutions capable of delivering the requirements outlined below.
Core Requirements
The proposed system should be able to:
Provide a facility for employees to report accidents, near misses and incidents of violence and aggression.
Maintain a central database of all reported incidents.
Enable relevant managers to undertake desktop investigations of reported incidents.
Allow users to monitor the status of investigations, including identification of investigations that are pending or completed.
Provide advanced search functionality, allowing incidents and investigations to be filtered by criteria such as:
Person involved
Location
Team
Department
Incident type
Allow submitted incident records to be amended where necessary to correct errors or update information.
Generate automatic reminder notifications to managers with outstanding investigations.
Generate automatic notifications to Corporate Health and Safety where a RIDDOR-reportable incident has been identified during the investigation process.
Enable the extraction of detailed management information and reports directly from the system into formats such as Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word.
Allow supporting documentation, photographs and other evidence to be uploaded and attached to incident and investigation records.
Additional Information Requested
As part of this market engagement exercise, WCBC would welcome information from suppliers on:
Available system functionality and modules.
Hosting arrangements (cloud-based/SaaS solutions preferred).
Reporting and dashboard capabilities.
Integration options with Microsoft 365 and other corporate systems.
User licensing models and indicative costs.
Implementation timescales.
Customer support arrangements.
Experience of working with local authorities or other public sector organisations.
Market Engagement
This Prior Information Notice is being issued as a market engagement exercise only and does not constitute a call for competition. Any future procurement opportunity will be advertised separately in accordance with the Council's procurement procedures and applicable procurement legislation.
SUBMISSION AND TIMESCALES
Please email an overview of your solution to our Category Manager, Clare Roberts ([email removed]) by midday on 23 July 2026. Please ensure you submit information that is relevant to the detailed outlined above. Please include the reference 'H&S Management System’ in the subject heading of your e-mail response.
Please Note: This notice is for market engagement purposes only. Any dates, values, costs or timescales stated have been included to enable publication and are not confirmed requirements. The Council is at an early stage of the procurement process and all details are subject to change.
How to bid
- Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
- Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
- Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.
Timeline
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 059901-2026
- Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 067756-2026
About the buyer
Wrexham County Borough CouncilLast 12 months
Procurements
138Awards
88Suppliers it has used most for IT and software
- Beam1 contract
- Cherry & White Limited1 contract
- Iaconnects Technology Limited1 contract
- Ukiot Ltd1 contract
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From notice 059901-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 25 June 2026, last updated 17 July 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.